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Tech Xplore / Neuro-symbolic AI could slash energy use while dramatically improving performance

Power usage by AI and data center systems in the U.S. is extraordinary by any measure. The International Energy Agency estimates U.S. AI and data centers used about 415 terawatt hours of power in 2024—more than 10% of that ...

Mar 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / The epigenetics of trauma: 86 miRNAs linked to PTSD symptom severity and social adversity

Adverse childhood experiences and traumatic events experienced or witnessed at any point during one's lifetime can sometimes prompt the emergence of some mental health disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...

Mar 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / Sound waves could be used to remotely reprogram material stiffness, from implants to robotic muscles

A team of researchers co-led by the University of California San Diego, University of Michigan, and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at Laboratory of Acoustics of Le Mans University has demonstrated ...

Mar 22, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI data centers need faster links: A mass-producible optical microchip could help

Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) present a novel component that enables very fast, economical, and reliable data transmission thanks to an advanced ...

Mar 22, 2026
Tech Xplore / Highly performing AI agents can still fail to spot deception, study finds

Large language models (LLMs), artificial intelligence systems that can process and generate texts in different languages, are now used daily by many people worldwide. As these models can rapidly source information and create ...

Mar 21, 2026
Phys.org / Rivers and tidal currents keep 80% of microfibers from reaching oceans, study suggests

Every time we do a load of laundry, tiny fibers of polyester escape from our clothes and slip down the drain. These microfibers, so small they can be invisible to the naked eye, are among the most common forms of microplastic ...

Mar 20, 2026
Phys.org / Pompeii's battle scars linked to an ancient 'machine gun'

The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While much of what we know about the Roman settlement comes from the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, another ...

Mar 19, 2026
Phys.org / Kimchi-derived probiotic found to promote binding and excretion of intestinal nanoplastics

A lactic acid bacterium isolated from kimchi may help promote the removal of nanoplastics from the body by binding to them in the intestine. Nanoplastics are ultrafine plastic particles measuring less than 1 micrometer that ...

Mar 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Is your brain aging faster than you are? Sleep may hold the key

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia, according to a study led by UC San Francisco and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. ...

Mar 22, 2026
Phys.org / A new entanglement-enhanced quantum sensing scheme

Over the past decades, quantum scientists have introduced various technologies that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, including quantum sensors, computers and memory devices. Most of these technologies leverage ...

Mar 20, 2026
Phys.org / New AI model predicts record high dipole moments in unexpected molecules

Chemists may soon have one less rigorous step to worry about when searching for the right molecules to accomplish their highly specific innovation needs. Scientists have now built a new machine learning model that can predict ...

Mar 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / HPV-positive cancers hide from the immune system, but blocking a single protein could make the tumors treatable

A team of scientists at Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences have uncovered a mechanism that allows certain head and neck cancers to hide from the immune system, a discovery that could change how ...

Mar 22, 2026